RFC 5582 · INFORMATIONAL · 2009

Location-to-URL Mapping Architecture and Framework

Overview

RFC 5582, “Location-to-URL Mapping Architecture and Framework”, is an Informational document published in September 2009 by H. Schulzrinne. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes an architecture for a global, scalable, resilient, and administratively distributed system for mapping geographic location information to URLs, using the Location-to-Service Translation (LoST) protocol. The architecture generalizes well-known approaches found in hierarchical lookup systems such as DNS. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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